Puzzle Girl

Rylie seems to be going through the puzzle phase now. She did this one all by herself!

Another Park Day

We met up with some friends at a park where we love to feed the turtles. I think the kids ate more of the bread than the turtles did.

Trick or Treat

Ever since Gracie was born we have met up with friends and Trick or Treated in their neighborhood so once again we headed out. This ended up being a very cheap Halloween because once I took the Halloween box out of storage and Rylie spotted the Minnie Mouse gloves she insisted she wanted to be Minnie again. The dress and the shoes both fit still! I was very undecided about Christopher because you never really know how the weather is going to be here and I knew he wouldn't want anything on his head. I finally decided to throw a pirate costume together from things around the house. I am so glad because he didn't even want to wear that. He wouldn't wear the hat even long enough to take a picture.

Barbie Mariposa.....

Captain Christopher.....

The gang.....

Christopher got the hang of getting candy VERY fast....

Rylie seemed to wait until everyone was away from the door so she could make a solo appearance. I heard you get more candy this way?

I was shocked at how far Christopher walked, but on the homestretch he gave in and got in the wagon and still got more candy......

We got lots of candy and a fun night for everyone!

Halloween Parties

We had a bunch of school parties before Halloween. At Rylie school they had to wear a fairytale or nursery rhyme. Therefore Rylie chose to be Cinderella (of course). We had a little parade for the parents around the school.......

I snuck away from my class party for a few minutes to spend some time in her classroom.

All the princesses....

Cinderella and the old woman who swallowed a fly.......

Gracie also had to dress up like a storybook character at her school.

Introducing Fancy Nancy.....

They were required to carry the book that represented their character in the parade. She was acting shy.....

Fortunately her class party was on a Friday so I wasn't working and was able to volunteer. It was lots of fun!

Every year we wear our costumes to dance class too....

Halloween pictures will be next. Stay tuned!!

We went to see Shamu

After the parade we went to Sea World for the Halloween Spooktacular for a few hours. Well right when it was our turn to go through the candy section all the booths ran out of candy. They claimed they were getting more soon but we didn't want to wait. We had fun anyway without candy.

Christopher loved the giant sandbox....

riding in style....

Everything we went to see Christopher would get so excited. He clapped for Shamu and he loved the penguins.....

and the carousel.....

I am so glad the weather is nicer and we will be able to go more often!

A Twinklerz Parade

Gracie is on the twinklerz dance team and they got to be in their first parade. I had her thinking she was going to have to walk a long way but they only had to ride in the back of a truck. Rylie started off saying she doesn't like parades but once the candy started getting thrown it was all good....

The Twinklerz...

Gracie and her friend Isabel....

It was fun!